英语词汇“to steal a march on someone”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

steal a march on someone or something

to precede someone who has the same goal; to accomplish something before someone else does. Jeff stole a march on all of us when he had his story published. Our competitor stole a march on us and got the big contract.

steal a march on

Gain an advantage over unexpectedly or secretly, as in Macy's stole a march on their rival department store with their Thanksgiving Day parade. This metaphoric expression comes from medieval warfare, where a march was the distance an army could travel in a day. By quietly marching at night, a force could surprise and overtake the enemy at daybreak. Its figurative use dates from the second half of the 1700s.

steal a march on

gain an advantage over someone, typically by acting before they do.

steal a march on someone, to

To gain an unexpected or surreptitious advantage. This expression comes from medieval warfare, when a march meant the distance that an army could travel in a given time, usually a day. By marching at night, a force could surprise the enemy at daybreak or at least could come much closer than was anticipated, thereby gaining an advantage. By the eighteenth century the term had been transferred to peacetime enterprises. “She yesterday wanted to steal a march on poor Liddy,” wrote Tobias Smollett (Humphry Clinker, 1771).

词汇	to steal a march on someone
释义	(redirected from to steal a march on someone) steal a march on someone or something to precede someone who has the same goal; to accomplish something before someone else does. Jeff stole a march on all of us when he had his story published. Our competitor stole a march on us and got the big contract. steal a march on Gain an advantage over unexpectedly or secretly, as in Macy's stole a march on their rival department store with their Thanksgiving Day parade. This metaphoric expression comes from medieval warfare, where a march was the distance an army could travel in a day. By quietly marching at night, a force could surprise and overtake the enemy at daybreak. Its figurative use dates from the second half of the 1700s. steal a march on gain an advantage over someone, typically by acting before they do. steal a march on someone, to To gain an unexpected or surreptitious advantage. This expression comes from medieval warfare, when a march meant the distance that an army could travel in a given time, usually a day. By marching at night, a force could surprise the enemy at daybreak or at least could come much closer than was anticipated, thereby gaining an advantage. By the eighteenth century the term had been transferred to peacetime enterprises. “She yesterday wanted to steal a march on poor Liddy,” wrote Tobias Smollett (Humphry Clinker, 1771).
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